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The sea of pleasures may drown its owner and the swimmer fears to open his eyes under the water.

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

If a man’s patience is stronger than his whims and desires, then he is like an angel, but if his whims and desires are stronger than his patience, then he is like a devil. If his desire for food, drink and sex is stronger than his patience, then he is no better than an animal.
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Angel Animal Sex
As you can taste a pot full of food with a spoon likewise someone’s tounge can tell you about his heart.
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Heart Spoons Taste
And if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it would not fill his emptiness.
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Emptiness Given World
As long as one is following the right way, one should never be concerned about the reproaches of those who like to find faults.
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Fault Long Way
Imaan is of two halves; half is patience (Sabr) and half is being thankful (Shukr).
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Being Half Thankful Two
O you, who spends his lifetime disobeying his Lord, no one amongst your enemies is wicked to you more than you are to yourself
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Enemy Lifetime Wicked
O people who take pleasure in a life that will vanish, falling in love with a fading shadow is sheer stupidity
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Fall In Love Life Religious
If a heart becomes attached to anything other than Allah, Allah makes him dependent on what he is attached to. And he will be betrayed by it.
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Attached Betrayed Depend Heart
When there is money in your hand and not in your heart, it will not harm you even if it is a lot; and when it is in your heart, it will harm you even if there is none in your hands.
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Hands Heart Libertarian
If you wish to check how much you love Allah, then see how much your heart loves the Quran, and you will know the answer.
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Answers Heart Wish
The hijrah to Allah includes abandoning what He hates and doing what He loves and accepts.
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Abandoning Accepting Hate
Losing time is harder than death, as losing time keeps you away from Allah and the Hereafter, while death keeps you away from the worldly life and people.
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Life Losing People Worldly
This wordly life is like a shadow. If you try to catch it, you will never be able to do so. If you turn your back towards it, it has no choice but to follow you.
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Choices Life Shadow
If you knew the true value of yourself, you will never allow yourself to be humiliated by committing sins.
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Humiliated Sin True Value
Allah will never humiliate the one who takes his Lord as friend and patron.
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Humiliate Lord Patron
Whoever desires to purify his heart, then let him prefer Allah to his desires
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